In recent times, feminists have started to grapple with a very difficult question. As we all know, feminism is a layered and nuanced ideology that always finds itself at the forefront of the most important and challenging discussions of the day.

So here's the quandary they're dealing with now. How can a feminist woman be empowered while still being a materialistic cheap ass? Is it possible to be a strong independent woman without also having to pay for dinner? This is the dilemma. It's the great philosophical debate.

Feminists are in a difficult position because they've insisted for many years that they don't need no man,

that they're a bunch of girl bosses, large and in charge.

They declare that the old codes of chivalry and patriarchal and paternalistic are patriarchal and paternalistic,

and they have to be abolished.

They shouted from the mountaintop that they are exactly equal to men the same as men in every respect,

and they certainly don't need a man to take care of them or provide for them.

They have growled and they have shrieked and they have made their voices heard.

And then to their horror, many men started to take them seriously.

Men listened to these protestations and they said, okay, well, if you say so,

as you wish, you can have what you want. Which means, among other things, that when the bill is put

down on the table, many men will not instinctively reach for it anymore. They will let the independent

girl boss pay the tab, or at least pay half of it. But feminists have recoiled at this development.

No, they cry. We want to be independent, but not like this. Not if it means I have to pay for my own

Santa Fe salad at Chili's. But how do they make this case? Can they really become a damsel in

distress as soon as the bill is placed on the table and then get right back to being empowered and progressive a few minutes later? How does that work? Well, different feminists have come up with different ways of grappling with this important question. Here's one influencer on TikTok giving her answer. Watch.

The thing that I have realized about this topic is that there are so many women that

really do advocate for not going 50-50, right?

And for me, I definitely went through, like, my, well, I'm a feminist.

I shouldn't have an issue going 50-50 face right when i was

younger but recently i started to realize just how difficult it was accepting going 50-50 with men

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